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Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

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Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.
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Impression Man Manifestation Power
Hope, danger’s comforter.
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Comfortable Dangerous Hope
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
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Man Natural Respect Way
Men do not rest content with parrying the attacks of a superior, but often strike the first blow to prevent the attack being made.
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Attack Man Prevent Rest Superior
In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.
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Democracy Election Failure Fair Office Quite
The secret of freedom, courage.
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Courage Freedom One Liner Secret
You shouldn’t feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven’t tasted, but for the one you are about to lose.
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Feeling Life Lose Style Taste Yourself
It is from the greatest dangers that the greatest glory is to be won.
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Dangerous Glory Greatness Win
Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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Action Carry Failure Fear Safety
An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful.
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Effort Escape Grace Man Poverty
Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
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Action Courage Greatness Man Remember Win
You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.
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Commitment Crime Fake Punishment
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
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Example History Teaching
They whose minds are least sensitive to calamity, and whose hands are most quick to meet it, are the greatest men and the greatest communities.
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Calm Community Greatness Hands Man Mindset Sensitive
People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don’t desire to exhaustive thinking.
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Desire Habit People Subject Thinking Trust
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris.
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Action Goodness Opportunity Wealth

Those who really deserve praise are the people who, while human enough to enjoy power, nevertheless pay more attention to justice than they are compelled to do by their situation.

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